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Pandering to the Right Fringe

…on capital income. Those provisions are most favorable for the wealthy who own most of the corproate stock and other financial assets. hough the right likes to label these kinds…

SOCIAL SECURITY: IT’S JUST MATH

Update: By Dale Coberly (was inadvertently omitted as author, although regulars know and the label names him) SOCIAL SECURITY: IT’S JUST MATH or how to lie with numbers “Math doesn’t…

Paul Volcker Feb.20

…other part of the financial market. So you have a two-tier financial system, and then you have a series of issues that I would put in a general label of…

Ms Parker, Mc Cain, Party and Honor

…the past several months: hope and change. In the end, did Ms. Parker know she was so prophetic? That’s potent medicine. It also should come with a warning label: “May…

And Now, Random Convention Thoughts

…have one clear unmistakable message for al Qaeda and these terrorists: You cannot run. You cannot hide. We will destroy you.” Best catchphrase: “Hope is on the way.” The convention…